In other news, one McDonnell Douglas #MD88 (ex-EC-FND) formerly belonging to Iberia, was ferried to Teruel airport prior to her long delivery flight to Venezuela. skyliner-aviation reports that this aircraft will belong to „Jet Plus America“ and the aircraft will be operated by „VOR Airlines“. Other sources say that this MD-88 will become part of Venezolana. The re-activitation of an ex-MD-80 of Iberia is a surprise due to the long storage after Iberia retired their last MD-88 in 2008.

Dana Air apparently resumed their flight-ops on January 27th, 2014 after a three-month grounding. Earlier reports stated January 26th as the day of resumption. The airline resumed their flights with MD-83-equipment and was due to receive their first Boeing 737-500 in within the end of January 2014 with the second one arriving in February.

Swiftair has retired one of their MD-80s (EC-JUF) and this plane will be used as a source for spare-parts. Former Leal MD-87 LV-BZH was ferried to the USA. MD-87 SE-DMS (formerly EC-FHK, the youngest MD-87 of Iberia, currently property of SAS) will be ferried to the USA very soon.

Allegiant Air has announced their intention to acquire nine Airbus A320s from Iberia. The A320s will be configured for 177 passengers each. These newest addition won‘ t be used to retire MD-80s but it is believed that the daily utilization of MD-80s will decrease. Seven A320s will be delivered in 2013 and two aircraft in 2014.